The beginning
She was sitting at the same desk as the past two semesters, when Laura entered the room. Laura is the most popular girl at the university. She is perfect at everything she does and she was the exact opposite of Carmilla. Carmilla always sits alone and does her best not to draw attention to herself. And of course Laura never spoke to her cause people would find that weird. Laura is a good person deep down, but she would never do something to hurt her popularity. And for some reason, talking to Carmilla was considered bad.
The first few weeks passed quicker than she thought. The classes were boring and so were her classmates. She didn't like anyone in her class, except Laura. She seemed like a decent human being even though she treated like she didn't exist. At this point, being treated like she doesn't exist is way better than being treated like shit. That is how the majority of the "pretty" girls treated her since day one. Laura never seemed to like their comments about Carmilla's clothes but she never said anything to defend her. But that never bothered Carmilla, she was used to it anyway. She didn't expect Laura to act differently than her "bitch crew". That's why everything that was about to happen, would leave Carmilla shocked and speechless.
"No no no! I can't be late!"
Laura was running towards her classroom. She was never late but she spent her entire morning fighting with her roommate. She was so furious and anxious at the same time. Finally she was about to enter the classroom, 30 minutes late.
"Miss Hollis, care to join us? Find a partner and sit down"
Laura looked around to find a free partner. Victoria was sitting next to the window and she seemed free, same as Carmilla. She knew that choosing Victoria as a lab partner would be a terrible mistake, cause boy, that girl was stupid! So that left her with Carmilla. Sitting with Carmilla was a terrible mistake too, but she prefers people talking behind her back than bad grades!
As she passed Victoria to go sit with Carmilla, she heard her say:
"Please don't tell me you are going to sit with that bitch?"
That was it! Laura was so angry today and she couldn't let Victoria talk to anyone like that.
"Victoria please, the only bitch I see around here is you. And of course I am not going to sit with you, don't worry!" Laura couldn't believe the words that were coming out of her mouth! She called Victoria a bitch, and at this point she didn't care! When she turned her head away from Victoria, she could see Carmilla looking at her with her eyes wide open!
"Can I be your lab partner? Please say yes, cause I don't think I can be Victoria's now!"
"Y-yes you can"
As the time passed, Laura was starting to freak out more and more. Victoria was one of the most popular girls and she just called her a bitch and chose Carmilla over her.
"I know your image means a lot to you, you didn't have to talk to Victoria like that. It's not like I am not used to in anyway". Carmilla was still shocked with Laura's action and had a lot of questions!
"I am sorry Carmilla"
"What? Sorry for what?" No one has apologized to Carmilla before.
"For being a complete asshole to you, all year long"
"You are actually the only person in this freaking school that has never been an asshole to me"
"I was though. I was. I've heard those awful comments and never said anything. I was more scared of losing some fake friends, than letting another human being suffer. And I am sorry for that"
Carmilla was about to answer when Prof Andrews asked them to keep quiet. Neither of them was paying attention to class anymore. They kept quiet waiting for the bell to ring. And when it did Laura stood up fast, took her things and run out, leaving Carmilla speechless yet again.